Chapter 818: The Way of the Predecessors

"What exactly is this Greatness you speak of?"

Li Heng did not care about the threat of the writhing thing.

The writhing thing did not waste words with Li Heng either, directly launching an attack against him. Everything seemed to turn into a writhing Abyss, intending to pull Li Heng into it and swallow him whole.

Terror, an indescribable Pollution, spilled out completely.

Han Yao, under Li Heng's protection, had already turned pale.

Watching the scene of writhing Pollution all around, she was already dizzy and nauseated. Yet, even though she kept her eyes tightly shut and closed off her six senses, that feeling of nausea and dizziness persisted.

It was just like a person who truly gets carsick sitting in a vehicle.

No matter where you sit, or whether you open the window to look at the scenery outside, you will still feel dizzy and nauseated; there is no escaping it, no avoiding it.

"Terrifying Pollution."

The Mountain Spirit and Water Spirit sighed aloud.

They were under the protection of a Supreme, and this Supreme was right beside them, yet even so, the Pollution was not completely blocked; it still caused nausea, dizziness, mental corruption, and all sorts of discomfort.

"The Pollution of Calamity and monsters has always been terrifying."

Li Heng responded calmly, the power of a Dao Lord erupting. Relying on the geographical advantage of the Divine Mountain's peak, he radiated the Great Sun's brilliance in all directions. The scorching light raged within the endless writhing darkness, possessing the power to crush dry weeds and smash rotten wood, as if entering an uninhabited realm.

But soon, the brilliance was instead submerged by the writhing darkness.

As expected.

Seeing this, Li Heng was not surprised; he was lost in thought.

"You want to protect others when disaster is imminent? Arrogant."

The writhing thing spoke. Those blood-colored eyes seemed to reflect everything; everything was writhing within those eyes, swallowed by the endless Unknown. This seemed to be the True Reality of the world, the essence of all things.

"Are you not afraid that the will of the Great Void will take action to expel and suppress you?"

Li Heng spoke, wanting to fish for information.

"Ridiculous. This is outside the Cradle; it is no longer entirely their territory. Do you really think that so-called will can still protect you as it did before? Besides, what qualifications do you have to make them protect you?"

The writhing thing was extremely disdainful.

"I can see you are very arrogant, thinking you have me cornered. However, I am not so easily taken down. It just so happens that I haven't used my advancement to Dao Lord yet; let's have a full-blown fight."

Li Heng smiled faintly and took a step forward. It was as if a Divine Mountain had come to suppress from Tianwai, leveling the earth, actually causing the surrounding, constantly writhing black Unknown to fall still.

It fell into a dark, deathly silence, ceasing its activity.

Above his head, the Heavens Great Sun manifested once more, blooming with scorching brilliance again to block the surrounding writhing dark Unknown. The endless Boundless Earth emerged, delving deep into the Heaven and Earth Principles of the Mountain and Sea Great World, intending to replace the Mountain and Sea Great World and become the place where Li Heng stood.

Finally, the Thirty-Six Heavens slowly emerged.

"So that's how it is. No wonder you dared to leave the Cradle. It's a pity, this is all a futile effort. Or is it that those wills actually told you nothing? Truly stupid and ignorant."

The writhing thing noticed Li Heng's progress but did not care.

The writhing dark offensive, which had been contending with the Heavens Great Sun, suddenly surged, instantly tearing through the area illuminated by the Heavens Great Sun and extending into the domain of light.

Even the Heavens Great Sun, which ranked above the Supreme and could be called the source of all light, was polluted as a result. Black spots began to appear on it slowly, and they grew more numerous, dense and packed, as if intending to dye the source of light completely black and cause everything to sink.

The Boundless Earth upon which Li Heng stood was even more so.

Just like an oil spill, it was rapidly dyed black. If someone could observe the state of the entire Boundless Earth from a supreme vantage point, they would only feel that an endless Black Tide had risen here.

It was like this above the earth, and it was the same beneath the earth. Deep within the source, the dwelling place of all gestation also underwent a mutation.

The Nether Mansion, the Underworld, the Huangquan, Jiuyou... and all other places that derived from the Heaven and Earth Principles of the Boundless Earth, symbolizing the cycle of the heavens and the concepts of Life and Death, began to experience Calamity and monsters.

Or rather, they were transforming into Calamity and monsters!

Li Heng frowned. The Earth and the Great Sun Dharma Image united, evolving together to manifest one heaven and one earth, one Yin and one Yang, one clear and one turbid, guiding forth the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form that contained the mysteries of the heavens and the myriad phenomena.

This was the path he had always walked.

It mattered not the cycle of Yin and Yang, the mutual generation and restriction of the Five Elements, the Heavenly Chariot of Fate rolling forward, the long river of time flowing quietly, the vastness of space reaching everywhere, the ancient chaos gestating all...

And it mattered even less the source of all ultimate philosophy.

The root of all things that permeates everything; the highest principle above all things, the Supreme Good; True Reality, Eternal, the Absolute existence itself; the life force that drives everything and is omnipresent; the Eternal fire that burns everything; the Absolute spirit of infinite self-development, the ultimate ontology that overflows with everything... Everything of everything, within the Wuji, outside the Wuji, is all Heaven and Earth.

Heaven and Earth, which contains everything.

All Great Dao laws are contained within Heaven and Earth!

This path was already absolutely vast, with a lofty intent, possessing infinite potential, without end. Even if one were to contend within the so-called Great Dao, it could still claim the crown.

But now, this point seemed to be ineffective?

When the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form first unfolded, it did indeed allow Li Heng to briefly gain the upper hand. Relying on the blessing of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, he even began to counterattack the surrounding writhing dark Unknown.

But the good times did not last; soon, he was counterattacked, and it became a stalemate. If this trend continued, even the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form would collapse after a while.

Li Heng sighed in his heart, was it really so?

He had always been looking for a way to counter Calamity and monsters other than Source Power, and the Way of Heaven and Earth was one of them.

Although the Way of Heaven and Earth had never had much effect on Calamity and monsters, he had only thought that the Way of Heaven and Earth had not yet gained sufficient growth.

But now, he had reached the Dao Lord Realm.

Could the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form only briefly contend with the power of Calamity and monsters?

Although he was not surprised by this point.

This situation still made him feel somewhat dejected.

Since that is the case, Three Pure Heavens, it is your turn.

Li Heng waved his large hand. The Three Pure Heavens, as the supreme of the Daoist Thirty-Six Heavens, began to erupt with power. The three Absolute, Infinite, and Eternal Transformation Bodies seated within resonated with the Daluo Heaven—which had not yet been truly opened but was only slightly manifested—to manifest the Grand Luo Heaven Eternal Immortal Light.

Thirty-Six Heavens, Three Pure Heavens, Daluo Heaven.

This model, this theory, was not necessarily stronger in intent than his Way of Heaven and Earth.

But unlike his Way of Heaven and Earth, which wanted everything, this theory of the Thirty-Six Heavens and Daluo had predecessors; there were people ahead on the path. Therefore, even though his own Thirty-Six Heavens had been magically modified, in essence, it was still the path of others.

However, to a certain extent, this was not a bad thing.

After all, one can borrow the light of those who came before.

"Three Heavenly Venerables, it all depends on whether you are reliable or not..."

Li Heng spoke calmly.